curricle

[kur-i-kuh l]

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noun

a light, two-wheeled, open carriage drawn by two horses abreast.

Origin of curricle

1675–85; < Latin curriculum; see curriculum

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Related Words for curricle

wagon, truck, rickshaw, buggy, dray, gig, dolly, barrow, pushcart, handcart, tumbrel, palanquin, wheelbarrow, gurney, curricle, tilbury, two-wheeler

Examples from the Web for curricle

Historical Examples of curricle

At the gates I had the curricle waiting in which I had driven up.
The Snare
Rafael Sabatini
The prince drove his curricle, and had charge of his belle cousine.
Burlesques
William Makepeace Thackeray
He was one day driving in his curricle, with a poodle by his side.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
Various
Toward the curricle they directed what should have been a bow, but was a nod.
Evan Harrington, Complete
George Meredith
She thought I should drive my curricle—I couldn't afford an omnibus!
Evan Harrington, Complete
George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for curricle

curricle

noun

a two-wheeled open carriage drawn by two horses side by side

Word Origin for curricle

C18: from Latin curriculum from currus chariot, from currere to run

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